Improvement in wardrobe-hooks



J. E. BRYAN.

WARDROBE HOOKS. No.179,765-, Patented July 11,1876.

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N- PETERS FHOTOLITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D. O.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JAMES E. BRYAN, OF HUMBOLDT, KANSAS.

I IMPROVEMENT IN -WARDROBE-H OOKS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,765, dated July 11, 1876 application filed April 26, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES .E. BRYAN, of Humboldt, in the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Wardrobe-Hook and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to furnish a wardrobe-hook so constructed that it will neither stretch nor tear the garments suspended from it, and will also permit them to be readily detached without the necessity of raising them vertically, as required in the ordinary construction, in order to free the projecting end of the hook. To these ends the bar from which the garments are suspended is curved downward at the end, and a spring clamp-bar, which presses upon the suspending-bar, is curved in the opposite direction, as hereinafter more fully described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, and Fig. 2 a modification. a

The bar A, from which the garments are (in practice) suspended, extends horizontally from the vertical portion B, and is curved downward at its outer end a. This form adapts it to support a garmentor garments without stretching or tearing the fabric, which commonly results from the use of the ordinary wardrobe-hook.

To prevent the garments accidentally slipping off the bar A, I employ a clamp in the form of a bar, 0, which is hinged to the vertical bar B at a point above the clothes-suspending bar A, extends forward, and is curved downward and upward at its front end I), to adapt it to bear upon the front end a of the bar A. The pressure exerted by the clampbar 0 depends upon the power of the spring D, which may be a plate spring arranged above and bearing upon the clamp-bar, as shown in Fig. 1, or a spiral spring arranged between the bars A O, and acting by traction, as shown in Fig. 2.

The ends of the respective bars A and 0 being curved in opposite directions, a portion of the garments to be suspended may, in most cases, be readily inserted between them, Without the necessity of raising the clamp-bar by the direct application of force to it. Yet press- 111'6 may be conveniently applied to the upturned end I) of the same, when required.

It is obvious that the garments (except the fabric be very light and delicate) may be removed without the necessity of raising the clamp-bar O, by simply pulling or-drawing them forward and downward.

The suspending-bar A is preferably formed in one piece with the plate or bar B, and the latter is provided with screw-holes 0r perforated lugs, to adapt it for attachment to the wall.

What I claim is The combination, with the suspending-bar A, of the hinged spring clamp-bar (J, the ends of the same being curved, respectively, downward and upward, as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

- JAMES E. BRYAN.

Witnesses:

AMos W. HART, SoLoN G. KEMON. 

